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Guatemala: False Hope, False Freedom - 2nd Edition
Published: 1990
Pages: 192
eBook: 9781909013711
Hardback: 9780906156322
Paperback: 9780906156414
After the installation of a civilian government in 1986, many Guatemalans hopes for a sharp break with the poverty and repression of the past. This updated edition examines the first half of Christian Democrat President Vinicio Cerezo's five-year term in office.
Title Page (page 3)
Copyright Page (page 4)
Table of Contents (page 5)
List of Boxes and Tables (page 7)
Map (page 8)
Preface (page 9)
Introduction (page 13)
1. A Wealth of Poverty (page 19)
The Quality of Life (page 21)
The Roots of Poverty (page 26)
Recipes for Impoverishment (page 30)
The Poor Get Poorer 1980 – 1985 (page 38)
The Cost of War (page 41)
Policies of Hope (page 45)
2. A Separate World (page 47)
The Fruit of the Land (page 48)
Coffee: Bitter Harvest (page 53)
The Cotton Club (page 55)
The Sugar Kings (page 59)
Beef Barons (page 63)
Generals Inc. (page 65)
Big Business (page 69)
3. The Civilised Right (page 76)
What is Christian Democracy? (page 77)
Christian Democracy in Latin America (page 79)
The Quest for the third Way (page 81)
The Quest for Government (page 83)
Losing Links... (page 87)
...But Courting New Friends (page 88)
Reassuring the Right (page 92)
4. Cerezo's Choice (page 97)
The Need for Elections (page 97)
The Best Hope (page 100)
The Acceptable Alternative (page 101)
1986 — A Year of Disappointment (page 103)
Low-Intensity Democracy (page 106)
Maintaining the Fear (page 112)
The Right to Buy (page 114)
Stability without Development (page 120)
The Radical Abroad (page 125)
5. Conclusion: Peace — An Impossible Dream? (page 128)
Peace as an Absence of War? (page 128)
Peace — for One Year? (page 129)
1986 — A Missed Opportunity? (page 131)
Peace through the third Way? (page 132)
6. Epilogue: The Vanishing Centre (page 134)
The Gramajo Vision (page 137)
Prolonging the Agony (page 141)
Security or Development? (page 146)
Losing the third Plank (page 148)
Tinkering with the System (page 153)
War is War (page 159)
Appendix: Communities in Resistance (page 166)
Further Reading (page 170)
Abbreviations (page 171)
Notes (page 175)
Index (page 182)
Copyright Page (page 4)
Table of Contents (page 5)
List of Boxes and Tables (page 7)
Map (page 8)
Preface (page 9)
Introduction (page 13)
1. A Wealth of Poverty (page 19)
The Quality of Life (page 21)
The Roots of Poverty (page 26)
Recipes for Impoverishment (page 30)
The Poor Get Poorer 1980 – 1985 (page 38)
The Cost of War (page 41)
Policies of Hope (page 45)
2. A Separate World (page 47)
The Fruit of the Land (page 48)
Coffee: Bitter Harvest (page 53)
The Cotton Club (page 55)
The Sugar Kings (page 59)
Beef Barons (page 63)
Generals Inc. (page 65)
Big Business (page 69)
3. The Civilised Right (page 76)
What is Christian Democracy? (page 77)
Christian Democracy in Latin America (page 79)
The Quest for the third Way (page 81)
The Quest for Government (page 83)
Losing Links... (page 87)
...But Courting New Friends (page 88)
Reassuring the Right (page 92)
4. Cerezo's Choice (page 97)
The Need for Elections (page 97)
The Best Hope (page 100)
The Acceptable Alternative (page 101)
1986 — A Year of Disappointment (page 103)
Low-Intensity Democracy (page 106)
Maintaining the Fear (page 112)
The Right to Buy (page 114)
Stability without Development (page 120)
The Radical Abroad (page 125)
5. Conclusion: Peace — An Impossible Dream? (page 128)
Peace as an Absence of War? (page 128)
Peace — for One Year? (page 129)
1986 — A Missed Opportunity? (page 131)
Peace through the third Way? (page 132)
6. Epilogue: The Vanishing Centre (page 134)
The Gramajo Vision (page 137)
Prolonging the Agony (page 141)
Security or Development? (page 146)
Losing the third Plank (page 148)
Tinkering with the System (page 153)
War is War (page 159)
Appendix: Communities in Resistance (page 166)
Further Reading (page 170)
Abbreviations (page 171)
Notes (page 175)
Index (page 182)
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